Potentially misleading information on the "not" operator in media queries

[tszynalski]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_media_queries/Using_media_queries

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Creating complex media queries

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

Note: In most cases, the all media type is used by default when no other type is specified. However, if you use the not or only operators, you must explicitly specify a media type.

This is true with respect to "only", but I couldn't find a source for the claim that if you use "not", you must specify a media type. I looked in https://www.w3.org/TR/mediaqueries-5/

What did you expect to see?

Note: In most cases, the all media type is used by default when no other type is specified. However, if you use the only operator, you must explicitly specify a media type.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

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• Folder: en-us/web/css/css_media_queries/using_media_queries
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_media_queries/Using_media_queries
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/css/css_media_queries/using_media_queries/index.md
• Last commit: https://github.com/mdn/content/commit/4bf03c104b1bca2068dbff927020e7f802c4af7e
• Document last modified: 2024-02-02T16:58:29.000Z